Originally Posted by
goodeats21
IME, they assign you to a new seat. Seem to try and match window / aisle to window / aisle, but not sure about anything else.
Watching like a hawk is the best strategy.
I was watching it. Last night it hit the flight status page as it was 2-2-2. This morning I was moved to 8L in the new configuration but was able to grab 9L due to the light load. Still 10 empty on Tuesday the 7th.